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It was freezing cold and raining today. I didn’t want to go out on a day like this. I studied at school, as usual. I learnt "used to”, “be used to” and “get used to" in the grammar part of the lesson.
e.g.
I used to get up at 6 when I worked in Japan.
I'm getting used to using pounds.
It's difficult for me to get used to listening to English.
I'm used to drinking tea instead of coffee.
I'll never get used to wearing a short-sleeved shirt on such a cold day.
On the way to home, I stopped off at a supermarket and bought two packets of rice. I miss rice because I usually eat pasta for lunch. I'll try to cook some fried rice tomorrow!1‘Learnt’ is used in British English. ‘Learned’ is used in both British and American English. Other examples are: burnt/burned, spelt/spelled, spoilt/spoiled.<o:p></o:p>
2 ‘I used to got up’, the form is used + infinitive when talking about something that you did regularly in the past but don’t do anymore.
I used to go out every Friday night before I got married.
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3 ‘I’ll never used to wearing’, the form is get used to ….-ing.
I’ll get used to driving on the left. It'll just take a bit of time.
4 ‘Short-sleeved’ the hyphen helps clarify that it is the sleeves that are short not the shirt. ‘Sleeved’ is more common in Britain and ‘sleeve’ in the U.S.<o:p></o:p>
5 In + day implies a period of time. I can write a 5000-word essay in a day! <o:p></o:p>
6 ‘drop in’, with reference to a supermarket, may be used more in the U.S. I use ‘pop into’ or ‘stop off at’. ‘Stop off at’ can be used when you are going from one place (A) to another (C) but stop somewhere (B) on the way. You stop off at B.
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Leave A ------stop off at B-----à arrive at C<o:p></o:p>
Package, with regards to food, is American English. Packet is used in British English for smaller items e.g. a packet of crisps, a packet of biscuits. A larger size would be a bag of... So, a bag of rice or a bag of sugar.<o:p></o:p>
I hope this helps and that you got to make your fried rice!0 votedNovember 9, 201714 I wouldn’t recommend starting a paragraph with ‘also’ as each paragraph is a new idea. ‘Also’ implies a continuation of what was just said in the previous sentence. Many people would avoid using ‘also’ at the beginning of a sentence. You could, perhaps, start it with:
‘The other thing that annoys me ...’ This implies there are two things that annoy you about your journey. (the bikes and the pollution)<o:p></o:p>
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‘Another thing that annoys me…’ This implies that there may be several things that annoy you about your journey.<o:p></o:p>
I really enjoyed reading your article. I hope this feedback helps. Sorry, it's in 3 parts.<o:p></o:p>
0 votedNovember 6, 20171The tour guide went to look for the missing tourist. She searched the marketplace and found him.<o:p></o:p>
My keys are missing. I looked for them in my coat pocket but couldn’t find them. I’ll have to search the house.<o:p></o:p>
They looked for clues at the crime scene.<o:p></o:p>
They searched the crime scene for clues.<o:p></o:p>
There is a saying when something is very difficult to find:<o:p></o:p>
‘It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack!’<o:p></o:p>
Search can give the impression of a more thorough way of trying to find something and when you are unsure where it might be e.g.<o:p></o:p>
We searched the whole shopping centre several times but we never found my purse.<o:p></o:p>
You also search people for something that may be hidden.<o:p></o:p>
They search all passengers before allowing them to board a plane.<o:p></o:p>
3 ‘Amount’ is used with uncountable nouns such as water.<o:p></o:p>
0 votedNovember 6, 20171My Commute<o:p></o:p>
I just changed my job a week ago. Now, I cycle to work every day.
I have to cycle 8 kilometres<sup>1</sup> to get there. It's a little annoying if I have to ride a bike that’s in bad condition. Since I ride on public bikes, I need to look for<sup>2</sup> a comfortable one every morning. I can't ride my favourite<sup>1</sup> expensive mountain bike because I have no safe place to put it.
There are two main brands of public bikes here, Mobike and OFO. There are also other brands like BLUE bike. The BLUE bikes are the best as they are easy to push, quick and comfortable. But there are far fewer<sup>3</sup> of those than the other brands, which makes them very difficult to find.<o:p></o:p><sup>4</sup>The polluted foggy air here always annoys me when I’m cycling; it takes the joy out of it. I dream that one day I can live in a place with clean air under a blue sky.<o:p></o:p>
1 favorite and kilometer are correct if you are using US English. I have given the British spelling for each of them. If you are using US English please ignore these corrections! <o:p></o:p>2 ‘To look for something’ and ‘to search for something’ have similar meanings. <o:p></o:p>
You usually look for something or someone in an area or place. <o:p></o:p>
You usually search an area or place for something or someone.
0 votedNovember 6, 20172
